Tim Fletcher: Refurbish Hirsch Coliseum? Whose job is it?

9:22 PM,
Apr. 19, 2014

Hirsch Coliseum

Written by

Tim Fletcher
shreveportsports@gannett.com

"Should the city, state or parish pay up to $10 million to repair a building owned by a private company so an individual businessman who arrived in Shreveport last fall can continue to trot out a championship product enjoyed by so few?"

Hirsch Memorial Coliseum turns 60 years old this year and thanks to new tenants, the ABA champion Shreveport-Bossier Mavericks, the old fella' has a little spring in his step. However, the bounce may be short-lived unless some additional surgery is conducted.

Mavericks owner, multimillionaire Jerry Nelson, would like to see the city have a repeat champion ...